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24th August, 2026
What am I working on? Another artwork I had so much fun making. Buy the t-shirt here What am I reading? I read The Park Bench, a wordless graphic novel by French artsit Christophe Chabouté. With a ordinary park bench as the centerpiece, how many pages can you draw? Apparently a 336 page graphic novel. Like Here and The Arrival, this is also a masterpiece of the medium. Through the fixed perspective of the park bench, Chabouté captures the rhythms of everyday life. The story b

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17th August, 2026
What am I working on? Some fun posts for @freaksonlease #KindaChic What am I reading? I read The Property by Rutu Modan. It follows a grandmother and granddaughter on a journey to Poland - the place their family once called home. Before the outbreak of WWII, Regina, the grandmother, was sent away and decades later she returns to reclaim an apartment building that her family was forced to surrender in 1940. What begins as a simple story about recovering lost property gradually

Payal Maloo
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10th August, 2026
What am I working on? Nothing much this week. I have a bit of pain in my right shoulder, so I'm giving it some time to recover. What am I reading? I am juggling between 2 books right now. One, Remarkably Bright Creatures. It is a heartwarming story about Tova Sullivan, a widowed woman who has spent years carrying the grief of losing her son without ever knowing what truly happened to him. Working nights at an aquarium, she forms an unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a giant

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3rd August, 2026
What am I working on? A friend gifted me a Van Gogh colouring book. This is what I did with my new acrylic marker set. What am I reading? I read Strange Houses by Uketsu. Having read Strange Pictures in one seating, I was sure this book will also be unputdownable. I made sure to wrap up my day’s work before starting it, because once I started, there was no putting it down. With its easy writing style and clever use of pictures and layouts, Strange Houses draws you into a chil

Payal Maloo
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